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Strung Out- Goldfield Trading Post, Sacramento 9/18/24 4K UHD Multicam w/ Schoeps Audio Punk

Strung Out and the Adolescents came to Sac last week and my good friend Tromster asked me to video the show. The venue was really small for this lineup and I didn’t have a ticket… AND the website was vague about tickets being available on the day of the show. So I just rolled out and hoped for the best, which is unlike me. I usually buy tickets and not go to the show, vs. not buying a ticket and going. Once I got there, I saw one of my show going friends (David) holding a sign asking for tickets. That’s when I knew I was in trouble. Luckily, a nice person from Roseville (sorry, forgot your name) had 2 extras and in we both went.
I got lucky that the TM’s were also selling merch. Strung Out’s TM Jon was iffy about it and asks me “you aren’t going to post the entire show, right?” and I was errrr.. I usually do… and he finally just said screw it and let me go for it. I think the big merch line I was holding up helped speed up that decision, haha. Thanks Jon! Daniel Blume, the band’s drummer was super cool and might have some additional footage to work in here as well. So, more to come maybe.
Great show and I got some really good shots of the pit, which I usually ignore because it is behind me or too far from my angle to fit in. In a venue this small, it was hard to avoid.

Equipment used: Panasonic Lumix G9ii w/Panasonic Leica DG Vario-Elmarit 12-60mm F/2.8-4 ASPH lens; 3x gopro hero 7 black
Audio from Schoeps CCM4 mics, Naiant Tinybox preamp, Sony A10 digital recorder
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Adolescents- Goldfield Trading Post, Sacramento 9/18/24 4k UHD Multicam w/Schoeps Audio punk

The Adolescents “co-headlined” that Strung Out show a couple weeks back, and it was a really great set. They were playing songs that they had not played for YEARS- Brats in Battalions, OC Confidential, and Lockdown America… then I checked the album I bought at the show. The new record has re-recordings of all those songs. Hm. Great set.
The audio sounds better on this one vs. Strung Out since I was closer to the stage. I was almost taken out by the pit a few times so I moved back for Strung Out. Too bad, this sounds way better.
One last thing- I made a massive mistake. The band started abruptly and I had to hurry to start the G9ii, and in the process I started it and immediately stopped it again. I thought I was filming away until about 9 minutes in- I see no recording indicator on the camera. The camera was powered on but not recording. D’oh! So for the first 10 min or so, you only get the 3 gopro angles, then the G9ii kicks in. Speaking of kicking, I was kicking myself for that screwup.
Features Adam Gomez from The Dickies on drums!

Equipment used: Panasonic Lumix G9ii w/Panasonic Leica DG Vario-Elmarit 12-60mm F/2.8-4 ASPH lens; 3x gopro hero 7 black
Audio from Schoeps CCM4 mics, Naiant Tinybox preamp, Sony A10 digital recorder; rebalance in Izotope Rx8: Vocals +3, bass +2, guitar +8!
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A Wilhelm Scream- Goldfield Trading Post, Sacramento Ca 9/18/24 Schoeps Audio Master

Tour Manager Doug Tuesday is being postponed to Thursday this week- so instead, you get something I recorded recently.
A Wilhelm Scream opened the Strung Out/Adolescents show last month. Through a series of really boring circumstances that I won’t go into, I did not have time to ask to video, so I recorded audio only. One thing about the sound that night- every band had drums and vocals high in the room mix with guitars barely audible in comparison. I have had to boost guitar with all 3 sets in izotope, which is rare/unheard of for audience recordings. Not bagging on the sound man, I know sound is a challenge there.. but how odd. Good set- what a stacked lineup with 3 touring bands, but it would have been nice to see a local opener on the bill.

Recorded by: Shayne Stacy
Equipment used: Schoeps CCM4 mics, Naiant Tinybox preamp, Sony A10 digital recorder
Rebalance in Izotope Rx8: I didn’t save settings, but it was something like guitars and bass +5, vocals +2

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D.I.-Goldfield Trading Post Sacramento Ca 6/28/24 4K UHD Multicam w/Schoeps Matrix Audio Casey Royer

D.I. finally made it back to Sacramento- first time since 2017 if I recall correctly. Big Jay was the man to bring the band to town back then, and they had not been back after he passed (RIP my friend).
The funny thing is that during that last Sacramento show at the Cafe Colonial, I called Trevor a fill in guitar player. Little did I know that he was permanent and he kicks ass. Now you sometimes have Clinton, sometimes Trevor, and sometimes both if you are lucky. The band has a new drummer as well- long time drummer Joe Tatar retired from drumming and Eddie’s nephew (Joe’s son? not clear) now drums for the band- keeping it in the family! He also kicks ass.
The club was totally cool with me rolling in late, getting a soundboard patch, and setting up the 4 cameras. Thanks to the staff- it’s nice when it is smooth.
My only complaints were with the vocals both in the club and in the board mix. No matter what I did, I could not get vocal clarity, which is important for a D.I. gig. The other minor complaint is the length of set- the band has literally dozens of great songs- they could play 70 minutes easy and I would be happy. Maybe the set was short (and almost the same from 7 years ago) due to the new drummer. Not a huge deal- it was a great time. Crowd wasn’t bad either, considering that the N-Men party was happening at the same time across town.

Equipment used: Panasonic Lumix G9ii w/Panasonic Leica DG Vario-Elmarit 12-60mm F/2.8-4 ASPH lens; 3x gopro hero 7 black
Audio from Schoeps CCM4 mics, Naiant Tinybox preamp, Sony A10 digital recorder matrixed with a rebalanced soundboard recording (bass and drums +.2, guitar +8)
Audio rebalance in Izotope Rx8 – boost guitar and vocals
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Pure Trash- Goldfield Trading Post, Roseville Ca. 2/16/24 4K UHD w/ Rode Videomic Pro Audio Pop Punk

Locals only video weekend continues. Pure trash is based here in Sac, and with a name like that, I was expecting loud and angry hardcore. They were melodic and pop punky with 1 main lead vocalist and friend Dean Crist playing bass and doing the harmony vocals. Good stuff!
Funny side story- I went up to the band’s merch table and asked one of the guys if he minded if I video’d. He told me “we already have a video guy”. I was like “OK whatever”, then he came back and told me I could video if I wanted… glad I did. They were good. If they are on a local bill with Lamonta, I would totally head out.

Recorded by: Shayne Stacy
Video equipment: Panasonic Lumix GH5S w/ Lumix G Vario 14-140mm, F3.5-5.6 Power O.I.S. Lens and Rode Videomic Pro stereo

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Marky Ramone’s Blitzkrieg- Goldfield, Roseville Ca 2/16/24 4K UHD Schoeps Audio 1st 3 songs Ramones

Before I start bagging on the situation, I must say that Marky and the band were amazing. This is the closest you can get to seeing the Ramones in 2024. I can’t believe that Marky can do 85 minute punk rock sets every night, at 71 years old! Just amazing.
OK, so the Goldfield staff were cool as usual. Thanks to Chad for bringing the show to town. I video’d all of the openers with permission, but I had a hard time getting the OK from Marky. I asked the merch guy, who happened to be in the band Jerk! and he thought it would be ok to film him, but I have been burned on that before.
At the last minute, thanks to Eddie Jorgensen, I was able to ask the manager for video permission. His reply? “You can do the first 3 songs”… the ol’ first 3 songs rule was dreamed up by the makeup and hair spray crowd for photographers to get their pictures while they were still looking pretty.. it doesn’t make much sense for a bunch of 50+ dudes in a punk band. I complied, but found it funny.
3 songs equals about 6 minutes in Ramones time, so here you go. In the span of 6 minutes, I had 2 things go wrong- they played loud enough to make the floor vibrate, so it is “vibraty” for a song or so until I pop the camera up on the toe of my shoe… and I put in a new battery to film his 3 songs, and the battery almost immediately poops the bed. So, there is a cut a couple minutes in. Fastest battery change ever!
If you want to hear the entire show, come back tomorrow.

Recorded by: Shayne Stacy
Video equipment: Panasonic Lumix GH5S w/ Lumix G Vario 14-140mm, F3.5-5.6 Power O.I.S. Lens
Audio Equipment: Schoeps CCM4 mics, Naiant Tinybox preamp, Sony A10 digital recorder
Audio/Video synch in pluraleyes 4

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Marky Ramones Blitzkrieg- Goldfield, Roseville Ca 2/16/24 Schoeps CCM4 full show

This show was so much fun. Marky’s band was perfect- they were not trying to look exactly like the Ramones, but they pulled off their sound really well. A small nitpick would be about the guitar- should have been in your face… but I am sure that this would have compromised the live sound, so I am good with it. The vocalist was so Joey sounding, it was eerie.

Recorded by: Shayne Stacy
Equipment used: Schoeps CCM4, Naiant tinybox, Sony A10 recorder

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Screaming Bloody Marys- Goldfield Trading Post, Roseville Ca. 2/16/24 4K UHD w/ Rode Audio

Busy day, late post. Screaming Bloody Marys have been around since at least 1991, when they put out a single on my ex-brother in law’s label Sympathy for the Record Industry. They Were a San Francisco-based band, but guitar/vocalist Dave Dalton moved up to Sacramento somewhat recently, so we might get to see them play a bit more often.
I saw them play once back in 2019, opening for the Undead. This show was much better in my opinion. Great catchy 70s style punk/garage stuff. This was the rhythm section’s first show with SBM but you couldn’t tell, it went off without issue.

Recorded by: Shayne Stacy
Video equipment: Panasonic Lumix GH5S w/ Lumix G Vario 14-140mm, F3.5-5.6 Power O.I.S. Lens and Rode Videomic Pro stereo

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Jerk! – Goldfield Trading Post, Roseville Ca 2/16/24 4K UHD w/ Rode Videomic Pro Las Vegas pop punk

Jerk! are a punk band from Las Vegas- I think they played Sac before, at the Cafe Colonial possibly. They were the opener for Marky Ramone for the tour that came through town last month. Nice guys- they gave me the OK to video their band (they were working merch), and they tried to give permission to film Marky. I have been burned by the “merch guy said it was OK” think before, so I sought out Marky’s manager. Good thing I did…
Lots of “whoah ohs” in the Jerk! repertoire, so if that is your thing, check it out.

Recorded by: Shayne Stacy
Video equipment: Panasonic Lumix GH5S w/ Lumix G Vario 14-140mm, F3.5-5.6 Power O.I.S. Lens and Rode Videomic Pro stereo

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SpiritWorld- Goldfield Trading Post, Roseville Ca 10/1/23 Schoeps Audio Master

Another “morning after the show” post. What a crazy night. People were climbing the poles in the club and jumping off into the crowd during Comeback Kid! Completely insane.
This is the opening band, SpiritWorld. I was going to make a comment about a hardcore band wearing nudie suits (google it), but then I started looking deeper into the band and I realized that I BLEW IT by not video’ing them. The band’s vocalist is Stu Folsom, who was in a great LVHC band called… Folsom! They put a CD out a long time ago on Mikey Hood’s West Coast Worldwide label. So THAT’s why Mikey was hanging out with him after the set. Derp.
Then I read an interview with him, and he has roots in hardcore but he is a big alt.country fan, and one of his favorite bands is The Old 97’s. A man with good taste- if he finds this website/channel, he can be endlessly entertained with all of the Old 97s/Uncle Tupelo/Slobberbone on here. Double Derp.
Then he asked me if I video’d after the set. Nope. Triple Derp.
But, hardcore played by guys in nudie suits. I have now seen it all.

Recorded by: Shayne Stacy
Schoeps CCM4 mics, Naiant Tinybox preamp, Sony A10 digital recorder
Photo by Wayne Triggs

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